Ace Indian all-rounder Deepti Sharma, for whom the Capri World Holdings Personal Restricted-owned franchise UP Warriorz broke the financial institution on the Girls’s Premier League (WPL) public sale, was introduced because the vice-captain for the inaugural version of the match on Saturday. Hailing from Agra, Deepti was among the many most wished Indian gamers on the Public sale. The 25-year-old, who is an important a part of the Indian girls’s staff set-up, is without doubt one of the few gamers from the nation to have turned out in franchise tournaments exterior India. Deepti, who has bagged 6 wickets in 5 video games on the 2023 Girls’s T20 World Cup, brings together with her a wealth of expertise and management expertise and is ready to play a major position within the management group.

An excellent spinner, a reliable batter and a gun fielder, Deepti was a part of Western Storm (Tremendous League), Sydney Thunder (Girls’s Massive Bash League), Birmingham Phoenix, and London Spirit (each The Hundred) in her stints in franchise cricket exterior of India. Within the 30 video games that Deepti has performed in franchise cricket overseas, she has picked 32 wickets, scoring 394 runs as effectively. In India, through the Girls’s T20 Problem, she has turned out for the Trailblazers and Velocity as effectively.

Deepti, a type of who the Indian captain turns to within the hardest moments, is not any stranger to the large event on the planet of cricket and has performed 92 video games in T20Is and is the main wicket-taker for the Indian staff, with 102 scalps to her identify. Whereas her off-break may cause havoc among the many opposition batters, Deepti is as impactful a batter, having scored near 1,000 runs in T20Is with two half-centuries to her identify.

Deepti, who made her debut in T20Is in 2016, is without doubt one of the senior-most members of the Indian girls’s staff, who have been semi-finalists on the 2023 Girls’s T20 World Cup in South Africa.

“As somebody from Uttar Pradesh, I’m not solely extraordinarily glad to be a part of the UP Warriorz staff but additionally delighted to be named the vice-captain for the staff. Together with captain Alyssa Healy, and the opposite senior gamers, we hope we are able to make the staff operate effectively and play some implausible cricket. We hope our performances within the WPL can change into a supply of inspiration for the younger girls athletes in UP and we’re keenly awaiting the beginning of the match,” Deepti stated in a press release.

“Deepti Sharma is without doubt one of the most gifted Indian cricketers and we’re assured that her management qualities will shine via and she is going to have the ability to have a huge impact. The entire state of Uttar Pradesh goes to be watching their favorite daughter, and we’re eager to see her achieve her new position as vice-captain of the UP Warriorz,” stated Rajesh Sharma, Managing Director, Capri World Holdings Personal Restricted.

The UP Warriorz aspect, which is coached by England’s Jon Lewis, has Anju Jain because the assistant coach, whereas former Australian cricketers Ashley Noffke is the bowling coach and 4-time World Champion Lisa Sthalekar is the staff’s mentor.

The Girls’s Premier League is ready to be performed in Mumbai from March 4-26, 2023. A complete of twenty-two matches will probably be performed with the Brabourne Stadium & DY Patil Stadium taking part in hosts to the marquee match. The UP Warriorz will open their marketing campaign on March 5, with the second recreation of the day after they face the Gujarat Giants on the DY Patil Stadium.

UP Warriorz Squad: Alyssa Healy (Captain), Sophie Ecclestone, Deepti Sharma, Tahlia McGrath, Shabnim Ismail, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Parshavi Chopra, Shweta Sehrawat, S Yashasri, Kiran Navgire, Grace Harris, Devika Vaidya, Lauren Bell, Laxmi Yadav, Simran Shaikh.

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